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The GA Junkie

The Politics of Presbyterianism

define:GA Junkie
Pronounced "gee-eh-jun-key"
GA: Abbrv. for General Assembly, the highest governing body in many presbyterian style churches
A GA Junkie is someone who closely follows the politics of Presbyterianism
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4. Church Of Scotland 2013 General Assembly -- Special Commission On Same Sex Relationships
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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for church order

Church Of Scotland 2013 General Assembly -- "Affirm the Church's historic and current doctrine and practice... nonetheless permit..."

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/21/2013 12:30 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The PC(USA) Focus On The Form Of Government

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/10/2013 3:22 PM | View Comments (10) | Add Comment

Affinity Classes In The Reformed Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/8/2013 1:58 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Top 10 Presbyterian News Stories Of 2012

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/1/2013 8:28 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Recent Developments With The Church Of Scotland And St. George's Tron

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/13/2012 4:12 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Synod PJC Decision -- St. Andrews Session v. Santa Barbara Presbytery Regarding Union Presbyteries

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/27/2012 8:00 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

PC(USA) GAPJC Decisions -- Presbytery of Newark v McNeill

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/2/2012 9:09 PM | Add Comment

Church Of Scotland Sexuality Discussion And Resulting Departure Actions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/11/2012 3:15 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Mid Councils Commission Report To The 220th GA Of The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/25/2012 10:54 AM | Add Comment

"A Vast Diversity Of Interpretation" -- Redwoods Presbytery Expresses Their Disagreement With The Spahr II Decision

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/17/2012 12:17 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Threading The Needle -- SPJC Approves Standards Statement

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/11/2012 5:24 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

PC(USA) GAPJC Decision -- Parnell v. Presbytery of San Francisco

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2012 7:46 AM | Add Comment

PC(USA) GAPJC Decision -- Hwang v. Synod Of Southern California And Hawaii

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/20/2012 9:26 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Presbyterian News Headlines For The Week Ending April 14, 2012

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/17/2012 12:20 PM | Add Comment

Musings On The FOP NRB Theology Document - 2. Theology Comes First

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/8/2012 9:01 AM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Musings On The FOP NRB Polity Document - 1. Can I Declare An Exception?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/13/2011 7:10 PM | Add Comment

Reverberations From Ordination Decisions: Some Challenges In The Church Of Scotland

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/22/2011 12:29 PM | Add Comment

Reverberations From Ordination Decisions: The PC(USA) And Her Global Partners

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/14/2011 6:38 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Fellowship Gathering -- Through The Tweets Dimly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/30/2011 12:27 PM | View Comments (9) | Add Comment

Fellowship PC(USA) Gathering -- Some Things To Pay Attention To

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/15/2011 10:24 PM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Church Of Ghana And Their Stand On Homosexuality

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/9/2011 9:49 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

New Ordination Standards Language In The PC(USA) And The Discussion Of Standards

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/8/2011 10:12 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Couple Of Changes In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/10/2011 11:04 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Polity Implications Of Amendment 10-A Passage

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/7/2011 9:24 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

The General Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland -- Discussion Over Ordination Standards

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/28/2011 9:38 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Whither The PC(USA)? Wither The PC(USA)?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/18/2011 6:01 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Synod PJC Upholds the Presbytery PJC Decision In Spahr Case

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/4/2011 12:36 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The PC(USA) Does Appear To Have A "Lightning Rod"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/30/2011 12:11 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The Fog Around nFOG

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/9/2011 10:16 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Cross-Issue Correlation In PC(USA) Amendment Voting

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/2/2011 10:08 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Strong Cross-Issue Correlation In PC(USA) Amendment Voting To Date

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/11/2011 11:00 AM | Add Comment

Further Thoughts On The Fellowship PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2011 2:58 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

An Interesting Invitation And Some Of My Preliminary Reactions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2011 4:25 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Tensions In Nigeria Lead To New Presbyterian Branch

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/11/2011 8:05 PM | Add Comment

Mixing Politics and Religion In The CCAP - Or - Who Speaks For The Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/24/2010 10:51 PM | Add Comment

Historic Shift By The Plenary Assembly Of The Free Church Of Scotland

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/19/2010 12:19 PM | Add Comment

Seminaries Supporting The PC(USA) - How Are They Represented In The Congregations

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/24/2010 7:29 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Leadership In Presbyterian Government -- Do We Have A Name For That?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2010 2:09 PM | Add Comment

Presbytery Merger In The Presbyterian Church Of Aotearoa New Zealand And Some Polity Observations

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/1/2010 2:13 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Some Brief Updates

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/24/2009 7:48 PM | Add Comment

Discernment of the Call to Ordained Office

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/22/2007 12:15 AM | Add Comment

They are presbyterian?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/9/2006 5:59 PM | Add Comment

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